The Progressive Conservative party would make significant cuts to hydro rates, expand the TTC subway and cut the middle-class tax by 22.5 per cent if elected, CTV News has learned.

PC Leader Patrick Brown is expected to announce his party’s election plan – the 80-page “People’s Guarantee” – on Saturday at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Here is a list of the key points from the party’s election plan:

  • There would be “significant reduction to hydro rates” that goes beyond the Liberal party’s 25 per cent cut
  • The party would ensure the advancement of the TTC's planned downtown relief line along Carlaw Ave., the Scarborough subway and the Yonge line extension to Richmond Hill
  • A tax cut of 22.5 per cent would come for the middle-class
  • There would be an additional $1.9 billion for mental health initiatives over the next decade
  • Daycare tax write-offs would become available to parents
  • 15,000 long-term care spaces would be added to the province
  • The party plans to allocate $1 billion toward the province’s $311.9 billion debt

A Forum Research poll conducted on Oct. 24 and 25 found that Brown holds a 20 point lead over the governing Liberals. The PCs did well with responders between the ages of 45 and 54, 55 and 64 (49 and 46 per cent support respectively) and individuals who earn more than $100,000 per year (49 per cent support).

The poll surveyed 946 Ontario adults and was considered accurate + or – three per cent, 19 times out of 20.

Ontarians are set to vote on June, 7, 2018 for the provincial election.

With files from CTV News Toronto's Paul Bliss